What type of mental illness does this character have?

A young man falls in love with an older girl and starts following her around. When he learns that she s a psychotic murderer, he becomes more enamored with her and is willing to assist her with her murders. He eventually abandons his friends for her and embraces his own mental instability.

Considering my knowledge of mental illness, I don't think he has a mental illness whatsoever. I think it's similar towards being in an abusive relationship. Even though the abuser is bad, the other person still wants to stay with them, due to them still having romantic feelings towards them. Same thing goes for this situation.

Buy a copy of the DSM-V, which has all kinds of diagnoses in it. Or use a reference copy at the library. It's not a bad reference book to have on hand for a writer. Even if you never diagnose your characters, you can pick and choose wacky things for them to do from the lists under each diagnosis.

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What type of mental illness does this character have?

A young man falls in love with an older girl and starts following her around. When he learns that she s a psychotic murderer, he becomes more enamored with her and is willing to assist her with her murders. He eventually abandons his friends for her and embraces his own mental instability.